Use of hand fire extinguisher for motorboat fire -Testing of small fire extinguishers. July 30, 1957

Use of hand fire extinguisher for motorboat fire -Testing of small fire extinguishers. July 30, 1957

Date

1957-07-30

Collection

Fire Research

Description

Testing of small fire extinguishers. July 30, 1957. In 1957 NBS studied the methods for testing small hand-portable fire extinguishers. Although the tests were sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard with the primary purpose of establishing a standard of suitability for extinguishers for use on small motor craft, the test findings were considered broad enough to be applicable to many types of small flammable liquid fires. Investigators: Harry Shoub, T.G. Lee, and J.M. Cameron. See "Methods of Testing Small Fire Extinguishers." NBS Building Materials and Structures Report 150. June 1957. This image is part of the Fire Research collection. A year after the study of refrigeration constants began, Congress authorized an appropriation for another special investigation, a study of fire-resistant properties of building materials. Fires were claiming thousands of lives annually in this country, with property losses exceeding $250 million. In a joint undertaking with the National Fire Protection Association and the Underwriters' Laboratories, the Bureau aimed at a thorough study of the behavior and safety of building materials in various types of construction under all possible fire conditions. The study would furnish architects, builders, State and city building bureaus, and insurance interests with fundamental engineering data long needed but nowhere available. [from: Measures for Progress by R.C. Cochrane, p. 130-131.]

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LCSH

Photographs; History; Metrology; Fire prevention; Research; 1950s

LocalKeywords

Fire research

NamedSubjects

National Bureau of Standards; NBS; National Institute of Standards and Technology; NIST